Levi Stratov

Levi Stratov (15 December 1964-) was a Latvian-British businessman who owned the Stratov Metal Company in London. He was associated with the Russian Mafia, leading to his arrest in 2004.

Biography
Levi Stratov was born in the Latvian SSR of the Soviet Union on 15 December 1964, and he committed several petty times before joining the Thieves in law under Viktor Skobel. In 2004, Skobel's organization left Eastern Europe for London, where Stratov set up the Stratov Metal Company in Lambeth. He stole several high-end cars and hid them at his scrapyard, from which they could be exported to Eastern Europe. That year, he was arrested by the SO19 police unit following a massive shootout at his scrapyard, with Ben Mitchell taking him in for interrogation. Stratov refused to help the investigators, asking for his phone call; he called Alexei the Dentist, who, in turn, told Viktor Skobel about his predicament. Skobel pulled strings to have Stratov released, so Mitchell tailed Stratov until he reached a Finsbury construction site. There, they attempted to rescue the journalist Jackie Philips, and Stratov was confronted by the police as he attempted to escape, making a last stand.